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AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

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LETTER 



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THE SECRETARY OF WAR, 

IN ANSWER TO 

A resolution of the House of the 10th instant, calling for the findings of the 
commission for the caftiire of J. IF. Booth and D. E. Herald.. 



April 19, 1866. — Laid ou the table aud ordered to be printed. 



War Department, 

Washington City, April 18, 1S6G. 

Sir : In fiivtlier answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of 
April 10, calling for the findings of the commission for the capture of J. W. 
Booth and D. E. Herold, I have the honor to report, that since my answer to 
that resolution, to wit, on the 16th instant, the final report of the commission 
was made to this department. A copy of the findings called for by said resolu- 
tion is herewith submitted. There being numerous conflicting claimants for the 
rewards offered for the apprehension of the murderers of the late President, 
Abraham Lincoln, and for the rewards offered by the proclamation of President 
Johnson for the apprehension of Jefferson Davis and others, hereto annexed, it 
became necessary to appoint a commission to examine and determine the respec- 
tive claims. For that purpose the following order was issued, and public notice 
thereof given : 

["General Orders No. 65.] 

"War Department, 

"Adjutant GeneraVs Office, Washington, Norejnber, 24, 1865. 

" Ordered, That— 

" 1. All persons claiming reward for the apprehension of John Wilkes Booth, 
Lewis Payne, G. A. Atzerodt, and David E. Herold, and Jefferson Davis, or 
either of them, are notified to file their claims and their proofs with the Adjutant 
General, for final adjudication by the special commission appointed to award 
and determine upon the validity of such claims, before the first day of January 
next, after Avhich time no claims will be received. 

" 2. The rewards offered for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, Beverley Tucker, 
George N. Saunders, William G. Cleary, and John H. Surratt are revoked. 

" By order of the President of the United States : 

"E. D. TOWN SEND, 

" Assistant Adjutant General.'* 



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Claims continued to be presented after the expiration of tlie time specified in 
that order; and on the 16th instant, a year having elapsed from the date of 
the murder of Mr. Lincoln, it was considfued that ample time had been allowed, 
and the commission were dn-ected to make their hnal report. 

The result of the examination and the conclusions reached by the commis- 
sioners will, no doubt, be excepted to by many of the claimants. An appro- 
priation will be required for payment, and the action of Congress i.« respectfully 
invited to the subject. 

Very reppectfiill3% your obedient servant, 

EDWIN M. STANTON, 

Secretary of War. 
Hon. Scn^:^LEK Colfax, 

Speaker of tlic House of Representatives. 



REWARDS OFFERED FOR THE ARREST OF JEFFERSON DAVIS AND 
OTHERS, MAY % ]865. 

Jiij the President rf the United States of America. 

A PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas it appears, from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice, that 
the atrocious murder of the late President, Abraham Lincoln, and the at- 
tempted assassination of the honorable William H. Sewaid, Secretary of State, 
were incited, concerted, and procured by and between Jeft'erson Davis, late of 
Ivichmond, Virginia, and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverley Tucker, 
George N. Saunders, William C. Cleary, and other rebels and traitors, against 
the government of the United States, harbored in Canada : 

Now, therefore, to the end that justice may be done, I, Andrew Johnson, 
President of the United States, do offer and promise for the arrest of said per- 
sons, or either of them, within the limits of the United States, so that they 
can be brought to trial, the following rewards : 

One hundred thousaufl dollars for the arrest of Jefferson Davis. 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clay. 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of 
Mississi[ipi. 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of George N. Saunders. 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Beverley. Tucker. 

Ten thousand dollars for the arrest of William C. Cleary, late clerk of 
Clement C. Clay. 

The Provost Marshal Gener.-il of the United States is dii-ected to cause a 
description of said persons, with notice of the above rewards, to be published. 

In testimony whereof, I have hert-nuto set my hand and caused tlir si/al of 
the United States to be affixed. 

Done at the city of Washington, this second day of j[ay, in the year of our 
Lord one tliousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the inde- 
|l. S.J pcndencc of the I'nited States of America the eightv-niuth. 

ANDKKW JOHNSON. 
By th(! President : 

W. lli'X'n-i!. Artiiiix Si'cnldri/ of State. 



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"War Department, 
Washington, D. C, January 13, 1S66. 
Sir : The undersigned, having been designated by you to examine and report 
iipon the claims of parties to the rewards heretofore offered by the government 
for the apprehension of the assassin of President Lincohi, and of his accom- 
plices, and for the capture of Jefferson Davis, have the honor to submit as fol- 
lows in regard to the proper distribution and apportionment of the sums in 
question : 

I. 

The offers of rewards for the arrest of Bootli and his associates, (or for in- 
formation which might conduce thereto,) publicly made by the authority of the 
government, were three in number : 

1. On April 1-5, last, the day after the murder of the President, and the 
assault upon the Secretary of State, a notice "was issued and published by Major 
G-eneral 0. 0. Augur, commanding the department of Washington, in which it 
was announced that "a reward of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) will be paid 
to the party or parties arresting the murderer of the President, Mr. Lincoln, 
and the assassin of the Secretary of State, J\[r. Seward, and his son." 

2. On the next day, April 16, a notice was published by Colonel L. C. Baker, 
provost marshal of the War Department, in which the same sum ($10,000) was 
offered as a reward "for the arrest and conviction" of Bootli and Payne. 

3. The assassin of the President remaining still at large, the following publi- 
cation was, on April 20, issued by the honorable Secretary of War : 

" War Department, 
" Wasltington, Ajjril 20, 1S65. 
'* To General Dix : 

"Fifty thousand dollars reward will be paid by this department for the 
apprehension of the murderer of the President. 

" Twenty-five thousand dollars reward will be paid for the apprehension of 
Atzei'odt, one of Booth's accomplices. 

"Twenty-five thousand dollars reward will be paid for the apprehension of 
Ilerold, another of Booth's accomplices. 

" A liberal reward will be paid for any information that shall conduce to the 
arrest of either of the above-named criminals, or their accomplices. All persons 
harboring or secreting the said persons, or either of them, or aiding or assisting 
their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the murder of the 
President and the attempted assassination of the Secretary of State, and shall 
be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death. 

"EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War." 

I. The first question arising upon these offers is, what specific payments 
are contemplated therein, and what parties are intended as entitled to such 
payments. 

Upon this point it is here to be remarked that all these olfers were put 
forth by the sa/ne authority — that of the Secretary of War — and that the last, 
so for as regards the sum to be paid for 'the apprehension of Booth, should, as 
it is conceived, be construed as a substitute for the two former. This most im- 
portant arrest not having been effected at the end of nearly a week after the 
commission of the crime, a new inducement for securing it was resorted to by 
the government, by the offer of a greatly increased sum ; not, as it is understood, 
in addition to those announced in the first instance, but as superseding the 
same, and as representing the full and final .reward determined to be properly 
payable for the service in question. But so far as concerns the arrest of Payne 



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tlie two former publications xviust, it is tliouglit, be deemed substantive and 
operative ofters of reward. Otherwise, indeed — as his arrest was effected prior 
to the date of the last publication, and no offer of remuneration therefor wa^ 
accordingly made therein — his captors would be left without any compensation 
whatever. Moreover, as both these oft'ers were equally authoritative, and there 
is nothing- to show that the one issued on the 16th was intended as a substitute 
for that of the day before, it is concluded — in view of the importance of the ap- 
prehension of this conspirator, and of the fact that abundant provision was oth- 
erAvise subsequently made for the captors of his associate — that half of the sum 
specified in the two offers, to wit, the full amount of ten thousand dollars, 
should be awarded to those engaged in securing this prisoner. 

It is next to be observed, that, before the date of the offer of April 20, there 
had already been arrested and were in the custody of the government — of 
the conspirators and accomplices of Booth, besides Payne — Surraff, Mudd, 
O' Lnvgltlin, Arnold, and Spavgler. The cases of the arrests of these crimi- 
nals, therefore, (none of whom, indeed, are alluded to in the publication,) are 
clearly not within the terms of that offer; and it has been perceived that none 
of them are indicated or apparently contemplated in the offers of the loth and 
IGth, where are promised specific rewards for Booth and Payne alone. It has 
been concluded, therefore, that neither the party or parties who effected the ap- 
prehension of any of these five, (arrested at the time upon suspicion merely, 
though subsequently ascertained to be conspirators,) nor such party or parties 
as may have furnished information conducing thereto, are entitled to any portion 
of the reward. 

But in the case of Atzerodt, a specific reward for his arrest is offered in the 
publication of April 20 ; and the fact that he was taken on the same day should 
not, it is conceived, exclude his captors from receiving such reward ; and they 
are, therefore, concluded to be entitled to the same. 

It is to be added that no compensation for ivformat'wn is offered in the notices 
of the 15th and IGth of April; no reward, therefore, is ])ayable for information 
conducing to the arrest of Payne. 

The conclusion is thus arrived at that the rewards in question are payable, 
generally, as fdlows : 

To the parties effecting the arrest of Booth, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, 
(850,000.) 

To the party effecting the arrest of Ilerold, twenty-five thousand dollars, 
(825,000;) 

(Jr to the parties — for they Avere the sam" — who arrested both Booth and 
Ilerold, seventy-five thousand dollars, ($75,000.) 

To the parties tfiecting the apprehension of Atzerodt, twenty-five thousand 
dollars, (8-25,000.) 

To the parties effecting the arrest of Payne, ten thousand dollars, (810,000.) 

To the party or ])arties furnishing, on or subsequent to April 20, and prior to 

tlie arrest of the prisoner in each case, any information which conduced to the 

arrest of either Booth, Herold, Atzerodt, or their accomi)lices, a "liberal reward." 

II. The question next to be determined is, to what specific individuals these 

amounts are to be awarded. 

And here it is to be remarked, that the la.-es of persons (if there be any such) 
whose claims are either not formally jiresented, (either by themselves, or by 
tho.-e authorized to rejiresent them — as, i'or instance, their commanding ofticers,) 
liave not been considered by the inidersigned. 

In view of tin; long j)eriod which has elapsed since the arrests were made, as 
well as of th(! iiubli.-hed oid<'r <»f the "War Department, re(|uiring that all claims 
should be fil.d uiil, ))„. Adjutant (Jeiieral on or before .January 1. ISGG, anqde 
time and <ijipoi tuuily jiave certainly been .-innrded to all parties, deeming them- 



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selves interested in the distribution of these moneys, to prefer their claims and 
support them by evidence ; and it is probable, indeed, that all such have done so. 

To proceed, then, to ascertain to what parties among such claimants is to be 
paid the reward in each case — it appears, from all the testimony, as follows : 

1st. That the ])arties v,-ho made the arrest of Booth and Hcrold were a detach- 
ment of the 16th New York cavalry, (consisting of Lieutenant E. P. Doherty, 
commanding, and two sergeants, seven corporals, and seventeen privates,) accom- 
panied by E. J. Conger and L. B. Baker, two employes in the detective service 
of Colonel L. C. Baker, provost marshal, &c., the ofHcer who originated and 
directed the expedition, though not personally accompanying it. Upon the 
principles and legal analfgies hereafter referred to, it is concluded that the sum 
of seventy-five thousand dollars is to be divided between Colonel Baker, detec- 
tives Conger and Baker, and Lieutenant Doherty and his command. 

2d. That the parties who immediately effected the arrest of Atzerodt were 
Sergeant Z. W. Gemmill (commanding) and sis privates, all of company D, 1st 
Delaware cavalry. It appears that this detachment Avas ordered to proceed to 
a certain locality and arrest a suspicious person, (who turned out, but was not 
then known to be Atzerodt,) and that the authority who originated and issued 
(through the medium of Captain Townsend, of said company) the order was 
Major E. R. Artman, 213th Pennsylvania volunteers, commanding post at 
Monocacy Junction. 

The detachment was accompanied by a citizen, J. W. Purdum, who had pre- 
viously (but on the 19th, and, therefore, prior to the date of the offer of the re- 
Avard) communicated the information in regard to the whereabouts of the sus- 
pected person Avhich led to the sending out of the detachment for his arrest. 
Mr. Purdum acted voluntarily as a guide tu the party, and'failhfully conducted 
them to the house of llichter, Avhere Atzerodt was found. Under these circum- 
stances, it is conceived that he may properly be regarded as one of the parties 
effecting the arrest ; and it is concluded, therefore, that the sum of twenty-five 
thousand dollars (825,000) is to be divided between Major Artman, h-'ergeant 
Cxemmill and his squad, and Purdum. 

3d. That the parties who arrested Payne were Brevet Major H. W. Smith, 
Assistant Adjutant General, assisted by five special officers or detectives — U. C. 
Morgan, William ]M. Wermerskirch, Charles H. Kosch, Ely Devoe, and Thomas 
Sampson. ]\Lnjor Smith, who is deemed to have commanded the party, appears 
to have acted more immediately under the orders of Colonel H. H. Wells, pro- 
vost marshal of the defences south of the Potomac, by Avhom he was instructed 
to occupy the house of Surratt and arrest all persons who might come there ; 
but the special officers and detectives named were the assistants or employes of 
Colonel H. S. Olcott, special commissioner of the AVar Department. This 
ofScer Avas at the time co-operating Avith Colonel Wells, Colonel J. A. Foster, 
and others, in the active measures then being pursued for the detection of the 
criminals, and appears to have joined in the instructions and suggestions com- 
municated to Major Smith, to Avhom also- he furnished the detail from hits force. 
In A'iew of these circumstances, and of the close association of Colonel Olcott 
Avith Colonel Wells in the general investigation, it is believed that the claims 
of the former should be alike considered with those of the latter in the appor- 
tionment of the reward of ten thousand dollars, (§10,000 ;) which should, there- 
fore, as it is concluded, be diA'ided betAveen these officers and Mjljor Smith and 
his assistants. Colonel Foster, Avho Avas immediately associated Avith Colonels 
Olcott and Wells in tlvs investigation, prefers no claim to the reward. 

4th. Proceeding to the matter of the reward for information, it is determined 
that no party is entitled to any rcAA^ard for the information Avhich conduced to 
the arrest of Atzerodt, inasmuch as this information was furnished prior to the 
date of the notice in Avhich such rcAvard Avas oftered. The person, hoAvever, 
who, on April 19, was directly instrumental in conveying this information to the 



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military authoritieti, was ^[r. J. W. Purdurn, who has bc(Mi already dctenniued 
to be entitled to a share of the reward as one of the parties by whom the arrest 
was eftl'Cted. 

5th. It is furthermore concluded that no pai-ty is strictly entitled to any reward 
for information which conduced to the cajiture of Booth orHerold, inasmuch as no 
claimant is found to have furnished on or after April 20, and between that date 
and the day of the arrest, any such intelligence as can be deemed to have led 
to the arrest as actually made. 

In the first place, upon what information Colonel Baker proceeded in sending- 
out the expedition which, on April 26, overtook and seized the two fugitives, 
is in no maimer disclosed or intimated in his official report. 

In a paper, however, filed by Messrs. Conger and Baker, and indorsed and com- 
mended to the attention of the Secretary by General Baker, it is stated that the 
information in question was derived, on April 24th, from "an old negro," from 
"vvhoin it was obtained and reported on the same day to General Baker by Theo- 
dore Woodall, " one of his men ;" and that this information was to the effect that 
Booth and Herold had crossed the Potomac near Mathias Point on the night of 
Saturday, April 22. But the name of this negro is not made known, nor has 
any claim whatever been filed by such a person. "Whether or not, therefore, 
any one might be deemed entitled to a compensation for this information cannot 
be determined. 

In the next place, the item of intelligence furnished through Major J. R. 
O'Beirne, and regarded both b}^ him, Colonel 'V^"el!s, and the telegrapher who 
transmitted it to AVashington, S. H. Beckwith, as having direct)}' conduced to 
the arrest, cannot, it is conceived, be properly so considered. This information, 
which had been gathered by employes of Major O'Beirne, was contained in a 
telegram of April 2-i, from Port Tobacco, to the Assistant Secretary of War, 
in which it was set forth that two persons, believed to be Booth and Ilerold, had 
crossed the Potomac on the morning of April IG, from Swan l*oint, in Maryland, 
to White's Point, in Virginia. But it is made A-ery cl(>ar from the testimony 
adduced in connexion with the late conspiracy trial that Booth and Ilerold act- 
ually crossed the river on or about April 21 or 22, and from the mouth of Pope's 
creek, below Alhm's Fresh, in Maryland, to Mathias Point, in Virginia — a quite 
different time and locality from those specified in the telegram. The persons 
therein alluded to, therefore, must, it is believed, have been quite other than the 
fugitives ; and information in regard to the crossing of such persons can hardly 
be considered as conducing to the arrest of Booth and his companion. For this 
reason, the claim for a reward for furnishing the same has l)ecn regarded as not 
well supported. 

Various other claims, less marked, for alleged information, have been iiiti-r- 
poscd; but all of them are subject to one or more of the following objections, 
viz: That such supposed information Avasoiot given within the jieriod contem- 
plated by the ofier; that it in no manner induced or facilitated the capture as 
actually mad(,' ; that it was of too loose, informal, or indefinite a character to be 
seriously considered ; or that it was not information oi fuels in the knowledge 
of the informer, but only his ])ersonal thctiry, imj)ression, or mental conclusion, 
l)ased upon intelligence th'ii\-ed IVdin utliers, or from various dcdiictiuns and con- 
siderations. 

For example, the official re])orls of Colonel II. II. "Wells to the department 
commander, of April 22 and 2o, may be referred to in this connexion as pcrhapb 
the most noticeable sources of such snj)i)osed iniormation. In these reports this 
officer is found to have indicated quite clearly the route now understood to have 
been taken by the criminals, after leaving the neighborhood of the house of 
JMudd, as well as the ])oint near which they efiected the ])assage of the river. 
His d(!dnctioiis seem to have been based upon the result of the investigations 
then being made by officers and men acting nndrr his directions, although by 



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what precise individuals is not stated. Correct as bis impressions are now found 
to have been, it is not cLiimed or shown that bis reports, or their substance, were 
made known to Colonel Baker ; and it does not appear but that the latter may 
have acted upon information from some quite other and independent source. In 
the absence of any evidence connecting in any way these impressions of Colonel 
Wells, as thus communicated, Avith the action of Colonel Baker, or that of the 
officers who made the arrests in question, the opinion is entertained that the sup- 
posed information thus conveyed can hardly be regarded as within the provisions 
of the notice. 

The truth in regard to this whole matter of information, probably, is, that after 
the date of the capture of Mudd, the conclusion was very generally and readily 
arrived at by those engaged in the investigation, that Booth and Herold had 
crossed or were about to cross the Potomac into .Virginia at the nearest con- 
venient point, and hence the fact of the claims now advanced from different 
sources for compensation for information in regard to such crossing or expected 
crossing. But, in the absence certainly of any specilic claim preferred by the 
negro above alluded to, it cannot, it is thought, be held that proof has been laid 
before the undersigned that any wformat'wn of fact runducing to the actual cap- 
ture was furnished. 

It is further to be observed under this head, that the publication of April 20, 
in oft'eriug a reward for information promoting the apprehension of Booth, 
Herold, Atzerodt, or their " accomj^lices," goes on to declare that "all persons 
harboring or secreting the said persons, or either of them, or aiding or assisting 
their concealment or escape, Avill be treated as accomplices in the murder of the 
President and the attempted assassination of the Secretary of State, and shall 
be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death." 
But although several parties were arrested in both Maryland and Virginia 
upon strong suspicion of having thus given aid and comfort to these criminals, 
yet none of them have been proceeded against by the government or otherwise, 
and a judicial determination of their supposed guilt is therefore wanting. For 
this reason it is considered that a reward would not properly be payable for 
information inducing their temporary arrest ; moreover, no claim for such re- 
ward is understood to have been formally advanced from any source. 

From all the testimony upon this branch of the subject, therefore, it is, as has 
been seen, the conclusion of the undersigned that there is no party who can be 
held entitled, under the offer of April 20, to a reward for furnishing information. 

III. The question next to be determined is, in what manner and in what pro- 
portions the amounts of the several rewards are to be divided among the parties 
Avho have been concluded to be entitled thereto. 

In view of the different status and circumstances of the individuals so entitled, 
the undersigned in apportioning the sums in question, have found it difficult to 
fix upon any precise rule equally applicable to all cases. Where, indeed, 
all the parties, among whom a certain amount is to be divided were of the same 
class — as all officers or soldiers in the military service — at the time of the per- 
formance of the act for which the reward was offered, its distribution is attended 
with comparatively little difficulty. 

Where, however, some of the parties engaged were civilians, as detectives or 
special officers without military rank, their proper proportions of the amount have 
not been so readily ascertained. 

But while in the cases of employes of the latter class, the sum to be paid 
has been adjusted according to an estimate of their merits and deserts in each 
instance. In all cases of officers and soldiers, the provisions for the distribution 
of prize money in the navy, set forth in section 10 of chapter 174 of the act of 
June 30, 1864, have been followed so far as the scuiic were applicable, as, upon 
the whole, affording the best rule that could be adopted. The analogies between 
the seizure by a naval force of a vessel in the service of the public enemy, and 



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the ciipture of felons and traitors wlio Lave committed crimes in the same ser- 
vice and in the interest of the rebellion, are sufficiently obvious to suggest the 
advisability of resorting in the latter case to similar rules for the distribution of 
rewards to those Avhich have been established in the former. Moreover, these rules 
present the only system of such distribution to bo found in the public statutes, 
which is in any manner appropriate for the present purpose; and if not observed,, 
some scheme, which must needs be more or less arbitrary, and therefore objec- 
tionable, would remain to be pursued. 

The act referred to provides, among other tilings, that " the commanding 
officer of a fleet or squadron " shall be allowed "one-twentieth part of all prize 
money awarded to a vessel or vessels under his immediate command;" and fur- 
ther, that " the commander of a single ship shall be allowed one-tenth part of all 
prize money awarded to the ship under his command, if such ship at the time of 
making the capture was under the command of the commanding officer of a fleet 
or a squadron or a division, and three-twentieths if his ship was acting independ- 
ently of such superior officer;" and lastly that, after the foregoing deductions, 
the residue shall be distributed and proportioned among all others doing duty 
on board, and borne upon the books of the ship, according to their respective 
rates of pay in the s(!rvice. 

With this plan of division in view, in the case of persons having military 
rank, and apportioning the shares of other parties upon a general estimate of 
the value of their services, the undersigned have fixed the proportions of the 
rewards to be paid the individuals entitled thereto, as follows : 

1. In the case of the reheard for tJic arrest of Booth and Hcrold. 

The expedition which resulted in this arrest was originated, planned, and geii- 
erally directed by Colonel L. C. Baker, who, though not accompanying it, is re- 
garded as having occupied the position of superior and commanding officer of those 
by whom it was immediately conducted, lie is therefore deemed to be entitled 
to the same share of the reward which, under the statutory rule referred to, 
would be payable to the commander of a squadron, by a separate ship of which 
a prize had been taken, to wit : one-twentieth of the whole amount to be distrib- 
uted, or, in this instance, three thousand seven hundred and hfty dollars. 

The proper commanding officer of the expedition itself must, it is conceived, 
be deemed to have been the commander of the detachment of troops. Lieuten- 
ant E. P. ])(dierty. It is, indeed, represented by Colonel Baker in his official 
report, and is asserted both by Conger and L. H. Baker, that the entire force 
was placed under the comniand of E. J. Conger, a detective or sjiecial officer 
in Colonel leaker's employment, who had previously held the position of lieu 
tenant colonel in the volunteer service, but had been formally mustered out of 
the service, and had, on this occasion, no military rank. But to j)lace an indi- 
vidual occupying this status, however personally worthy, in authority not only 
over troops, but over a commissioned officer, thereby investing him with a mili- 
tary command, and subordinating to him, though without rank, an officer with 
full rank and command as such, would, ordinarily, certainly, lie an amimalous 
and unauthorized proceeding. 

Moreover, the ex])edition was » inimnlly of a mililary character. Its s[)ecial 
duty Avas to scout tlirough a considerable region of country lately within the 
enemy's lines, and inliabiled by a class hostile to the government, who would 
readily aid in the esca]»e or conceahnent of the fugitives, and who could be 
overawed and compelled to surrender them, or give inforniatinn in regard to 
their route, by military force alone. 

The military element of the expedition is, therefore, believed to have been 
that which was essential lo its success, ami without which its results could not 
liave been attained. As the commander of the detachment employed upon this 
important <luty, Liiutenaiit Dolnrly was solely resjiousible for its disciiiline and 



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efficiency. He is found to have been active and energetic, and it is believed to 
be established by the weiglit of testimony that it Avas he who personally made 
the actual seizure of Herold. It was he, too, (in conjunction with Mr. Baker,) 
who obtained the first reliable information which rendered the captm-c of the 
criminals almost certain ; and though, in the direction of the investigation, the 
initiative would seem more frequently to have been taken by Conger, yet Lieu- 
tenant Doherty is shown to have acted and been recognized as the commander 
of the expedition in the only written instructions which appear to have been 
issued during the march, to wit : those giveii by him to the master of the 
steamer which conveyed the party to and from Belle Plaine. 

Upon the whole, therefore, it is concluded that, as such commander, he m ly 
properly be awarded the one-tenth portion of the whole amount which is paya- 
ble by laAv to the commanding officer of a vessel immediately engaged in the 
capture of a prize; and his share will, therefore, be seven thousand five hun- 
dred dollars. 

The services of ■Messrs. Conger and Baker upon this expedition were, no 
doubt, of great value ; and, inasmuch as these parties immediately represented 
the views and intentions of Colonel Baker, their part in carrying out the original 
plan was particularly important. It is understood that their expenses incurred 
upon this duty have been reimbursed, and that they have also been paid, or are 
entitled to be paid, for their general services, as detectives at this period, at the 
rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per month. 

They should, however, both be liberally, and, as it is thought, eqitally com- 
pensated ; and it is concluded that of the amount offered as reward there may 
properly be paid to each the sum of four thousand dollars. 

Deducting the several sums thns apportioned from the full reward leaves the 
sum of fifty-ftve thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars to be divided among 
the enlisted men of the detachment, consisting of two sergeants, seven corporals, 
and seventeen privates. Eeferring again to the statute, it is perceived that 
this sum is to be distributed in the proportion of their respective pay proper, or 
in the ratios of twenty, eighteen, and sixteen. 

It is concluded, also, that the same share should properly be apportioned to 
each of the sergeants, Corbett and Wendell. 

The mere circumstance that the former was senior to the latter in the same 
grade should not, it is judged, create in his favor an exception to the general 
provision to the statute, the rank and pay of each being ec|ual. Nor is the fact 
that Booth was shot and killed by Corbett regarded as entitling him in any 
sense to a larger proportion of the reward than Wendell. It clearly appears 
from the official reports on file that the sergeants, as well as the corporals, at 
the time of the seizure at Garrett's, were placed on post as private sentinels ; 
and, moreover, that no orders to fire had been issued to the detachment. The 
act of Corbett as a precaution to prevent escape was quite unnecessary, and can 
only be justified by his apprehension that Booth was preparing to fire upon 
some one of the party outside the barn. Although the impulse which directed 
the shot Avas a natural one, yet the act itself, which was, indeed, an anticipation 
of the ordinary course of justice, is not deemed, under all the circumstances,^ to 
have been attended with such extraordinary merit as to lead, in the distribution 
of the reward, to a discrimination unfavorable to the claims of an equally meri- 
torious non-commissioned officer. 

The amount to be divided, therefore, has been apportioned between the 
enlisted men of the detachment in the ratio and shares above specified. To 
each sergeant is accordingly awarded the sum of two thousand five hundred and 
forty-five dollars and sixty-eight cents ; to each corporal the sum of two 
thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and nine cents ; and to each 
private the sum of two thousand and thirty-six dollars and fifty-three cents. 



10 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS 

The individuals and tlie amounts to wliicli they are respectivclj entitled in 
this division are thus perceived to be as follows : 

Colonel (now Brigadier General) L. C. Baker :], 750 00 

First Lieutenant (now Captain) E. P. Doberty, IGth New York eavalrv 7,500 00 

E. J. Conger, (detective) 4, 000 00 

Lutber B. Baker, (detective) 4, 000 00 

Serj^eant ]iostou Corljett, lOtli New York cavalry -2, 545 G8 

Serfjeant Andrew ^VeudelI, 16tb New York cavalry •,>, 545 (iS 

Corporal Ciiarles Zinnner, ]6tb New York cavalry 2, 29J 09 

Corporal Jlicbael I'niac, Kitb New York cavalry 2, 291 09 

Corporal Jobn ^Vinter, ICth New York cavalry 2, 291 09 

Corporal Herman Newg-arten, ]6tb New York eavalrv 2, 291 09 

Corporal Jobn \Valz, IGtb New York cavalry ". 2, 291 (•9 

Corporal Oliver L<inpay, 16tb New York cavalry 2, 291 09 

Corporal ^Michael Horm>il)y, lOtb New York cavalry 2, 291 09 

Private Jobn ^Myers, IGtliNew York cavalry " 2, 0150 53 

Private Jobn Ryan, IGtb New York cavalry '2, O'M) 53 

Private William Byrne, IGtb New York cavalry 2, 0;>G 53 

Private Pbilip Hoyt, IGtb New York cavalry . /. 2, 03G 53 

Private Martin Kelley, IGtb New York cavalry 2, 03G 53 

Private Henrv Putnam, IGtb New York cavalry 2, 036 53 

Private Frank McDaniid, 1 (Jtb New York calvaVy 2, 036 53 

Private Lewis Savage, Kitb New York cavalry 2, 03 i 53 

Private Abrabam Genay, IGtb New York cavalry 2, 03G 53 

Private Emery Parady, IGtb New York cavalry 2, 03G 53 

Private David Baker, IGtb New York cavalry 2, 036 53 

Private William McQuade, IGtb New York cavalry 2,036 53 

Private Jobn Millingtou, 1 Gtb New York cavalry '. 2, 036 53 

Private Frederick Deitz, 16tb New York cavalry 2, 036 53 

Private .Jobn A. Sinp-er, 16tb New York cavalry 2, 036 53 

Private Carl Steinbrugo-e, 1 Gtb New York cavalry 2, 036 53 

Private Josfpb Zisgen, IGtb New York cavalry 2, 036 5:> 

Total 75, 000 00 



2. I/i tlic case of the arrest of Atzerodt. 

Here the position occupied by Major Artman is held to be similar to that of 
Colonel Uaker in the former instance. To him, therefore, is awarded one-twen- 
tieth of $:2o,000, or the pum of twelve hundred and fll'ty dollars. There having 
been no commissioned ofKcer in command of the force which eftected the capturt-, 
(Captain Solomon Townsend, the company commander, being oi\ the occasion 
simply the medium through whom the order of j\Iajor Artman, to send out the 
detachment, was executed,) the entire balance remains to be apportioned between 
Sergeant Gemmill, his six men, and Purdum. The latter, for the reasons here- 
tofore stated, is deemed to be entitled to a liberal reward as a participator in th.' 
arrest; and the same proportion as that payable to a private has been awarded 
to him. 

Of the balance in question, therefore, the sergeant will be entitled to twenty 
part.?, and each of the privates and Purdum to sixteen parts ; and the distribu- 
tion of the whole amount will be as follows : 

Major E. IJ. Artnuiii 2]3tii Peinisylvania volunteers .$1,250 00 

Sergeant Zacbariab W. Gemmill, 1st Delaware cavalry 3, 59S 54 

Private ( 'brisldplier Ross, 1st 1 )c la ware cax alrv 2, 878 78 

I'rivate David 11. Barker, 1st Debiware cavalry 2, 878 78 

Private Albert Beiiiler, 1st Delaware cavalry 2, 878 78 

Private Samuel ,1. Williams, 1st Delaware cavalry 2, 878 78 

I'rivate (ieorge W. Young, 1st Delaware cavalry 2, 878 78 

I'rivate .laim^s I^'jngacre, 1st Delaware cavalry 2,878 7S 

Junies W. I'unlum, citizen 2, 878 78 

25,000 00 



AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE' OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 11 

3. In the case of the arrest rf Payne. 

Ill this case, nuder the statutory rule heretofore observed where applicable, 
and upon the grounds above set forth, Colonel H. H. Wells and Colonel H. S. 
Olcott would together be entitled to one-twentieth, and Major H. W. Smith to 
one-tenth, of the whole amount to be apportioned — ten thousand dollars. But 
inasmuch as the balance, after deducting these shares, would remain to be di- 
vided among_^re persons onlij, (special agents and detectives,) it would result 
that the latter Avould receive a much larger proportion of the reward th:ni — in 
viert' of their relations to their superior officers — would be just or proper. 

In order to render the proportions of the several shares more nearly equitable, 
it has been judged, upon the whole, that the simplest and best course was to in- 
crease the amounts which, iinder the strict rule, would be payable to these offi- 
cers two and one-half times; and tluis to award the sum of twelve hundred and 
lifty dollars to be equally divided between Colonels Wells and Olcott, and the 
sum of two thousand five hundred dollars to be paid to Major Smith. 

Of the value of the services upon this capture of the five remaining claim- 
ants, the most satisfactory estimate may, it is conceived, be formed by referring 
to the amounts of compensation which they Avere receiving as assistants or em- 
ployes of Colonel H. S. Olcott, special commissioner, at or about the period of 
this arrest. That officer reports that the pay at that time of R. C. Morgan, his 
deputy and chief assistant and a special appointee of the Secretary of War, 
v/as at the rate of .$2,500 per annum; that the pay of AVilliam Wermerskirch, 
also his assistant, Avas at the rate of $2,000 per annum ; that the pay of the 
Detectives Devoe and Ilosch was at the rate of $1,400 per annum; and that the 
pay of Sampson, as a detective of the Treasury Department, where up to about 
the date in question he had been employed, had been at the rate of $1,200 per 
annum. As, however, his service under Colonel Olcott was of the same char- 
acter as, and no less important .than, that of the other two, it is believed that 
the compensation of the three should be the same; and, moreover, in accordance 
Avith the general rule observed in other cases, that no discrimination is to be 
made between them on account of the different duties Avhich they may have been 
called upon to perform on the occasion of the arrest. 

It kas been concluded, therefore, that these parties may properly be compen- 
sated for their part in the arrest of Payne in the ratio of 25, 20, and 14 ; their 
services, indeed — inasmuch as the balance is to be divided among them alone, 
and not between them and a class occupying a different status — being estimated 
by a rule similar to that Avhich Avould be obserA-ed in the case of enlisted men. 

The rcAvard oftered in this instance is accordingly distributed to the parties 
named in the following shares : 

Colonel (since breA'et brigadier general) H. H. Wells, provost marshal, Ac !?G25 00 

Colonel H. S. Olcott, special commissioner <^>~5 00 

Brevet Major H. W. Smith, acting- adjutant general ~' ^^'-'9 [( 

Richard C. Morgan, chief assistant to Colonel Olcott 1 , "p^ 97. 

William M. Wermerskirch, assistant to Colonel Olcott ] , 43G 78 

Ely Devoe, detective 1 ' '^^'^•} I;> 

Charles H. Rosch, detective j' '^*^-? i;? 

Thomas Sampson, detectiA-e ^^ ^^"^ ' '* 

10,000 00 



II. 

THE REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF JEFFERSON DAVI.S. 

In this case the rcAvard Avas offered by the President, in his proclamation of 
May 2d last, in Avhich it is set forth that the sum of one hundred thousand dol- 
lars ($100,000) will be paid "for the arrest, Avithin the limits of the United 



12 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AXD OTHERS. 

States, ;^o that lit can be Lronirht to trial," of tliis inalefactov. (See copy of 
tbi.s proclamation at end of tliis leport.) 

The arrest of this chief traitor was effected on May 10, last, near Irwins- 
ville, Georpfia, by the fourth Michigan cavalry regiment, under the command of 
Lieutenant Colonel B. D. Pritchard, who started upon the pursuit, Avith his 
command, from Jlacon, Georgia, cu May 7. The reward in ibis case, however, 
is also claimed ly Lieutenant Colonel Henry Harnden, Avho, with his regiment, 
the first Wisconsin cavalry, also engaged in the pursuit, arrived upon the 
ground but a few minutes after the command of Colonel Piitchard had taken 
possession of the camp of Da\is. "Without discussing, at length, the char*es 
which have been made by Colonel Harnden, in regard to the course adopted 
by Colonel Pritchard upon this pursuit, it will be sufficient to observe that, 
\ipon a careful consideration of all the evidence, these charges are not deemed 
to be sustained in any particular; and it is concluded by the undersigned that 
the latter oflicer, both in the pursuit and the capture, acted in entire good faith 
toward the former, and cannot be held responsible for the momentary unfortu- 
nate collision Avhich took place between the two commands. 

The charges in question not being sustained, it must be held that the regi- 
ment or detachu;ent of Colonel Pritchard were the actual captors, and that it is 
among the ofiiceis and men, Avhc constituted such detachment, that the specific 
reward for the "arrest" of Davis is to be divided. 

At the same time it is proper to bear testimony to the valuable services upon 
this occasion of the first Wisconsin cavalry and its commander, and to note 
that, while the Michigan regiment is deemed, under the terms of the offer, to be 
entitled to the reward, the activity and zeal displayed in the pursuit by the 
other mu.st commend it to a hardly less honorable mention than its more fortu- 
nate ally. 

From the ofiicial reports of the fourth Michigan cavalry, filed in this depart- 
ment, it appears that but about 128 men and 7 officers of the regiment were 
immediately concerned with Colonel Pritchard in the capture ; the remainder of 
the command, under Captain J. C. Hathaway, th<i next ofiicer in rank, having 
been detached on the day before to act as pickets and scouting parties at and 
near the fords of the Ocmulgee river. Those who proceeded with the colonel to 
Irwinsville were selected for this purpose merely b(!cause they were of the best- 
mounted men of the command. 

It is recommended by Colonel Pritchard that all th;' officers and men, Avhether 
present at the seizure or absent on the service named, should be included in the 
distribution of the award. This service was of a most important precautionary 
character, incidental to the immediate purpose of the expedition, and such as 
could not, without an imputation of neglect of duty, have been omitted to be 
provided for. The officers and men engaged in it were in all respects equally 
worthy with those of the smaller detachuK'nt, and their operations were equally 
well conducted with those of the latter. For these reasons, and upon the anal- 
ogy of the ])rinci])]es of law which prevail in prize and salvage cases, where 
but little or no distinction is ordinal ily observed between the claims of those 
immediately engaged in llic act for which compensation is awarded, and those 
occuiiied with duties necessarily incidental, the recommendation of Colonel 
i'litchard is concurred in ; and it is concludeil that all the ofiicers and men 
|)rcseiit witli tlic expedition, wlutlu'r in the advance or not, should receive e<|ual 
share's, in their resj)ectivc grades, of the reward ofi'ered. 

To proceed, therefore, to ascertain these shares in accordance with the statu- 
tory rule of distribution which has liecn adopted by the undersigned, it appears 
that no officer superior to (yoloiiel I'ritchard — neither Citlonel 1{. IL (J. ilinty, 
commanding division, under whose immediate instructions he was acting, nor 
^Iajor(.ii'neral ,] . H. Wilson, commanding cavalry corps, from wliom Colonel Minty 
received his (irders — has preferred any claim to the reward for this arrest. 



AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 



13 



Whatever share, if any, might be deemed payable to sucli officer, should there- 
fore, it is conceived, be regarded as falling into the residuum of the amoimt, after 
deducting the share of Colonel Piitchard; and his share, under the legal rule, 
will be one-tenth of the entire sum, or ten thousand dollars. 

U'hc balance, ninety thousand dollars, is then to be divided among the officers 
and soldiers in the proportion of their pay proper. 

Of these officers and soldiers there are found to be — as contained in the official 
lists — as follows : 

Two captains ; seven first lieutenants ; seven second lieutenants ; one adju- 
tant ; one regimental quartermaster ; one regimental commissary ; one assistant 
surgeon ; one sergeant-major; one hospital steward ; one commissary sergeant ; 
ten first sergeants ; fifty-one sergeants ; fifty-seven corporals ; six farriers ; and 
three hundred and fifteen (315) privates, (including one saddler, one bugler, 
and one wagoner, ranked as privates.) 

Among these, therefore, the amount named is to be divided in the proportions 
of 70, 63J, 53J, 26, 24, 23, 22. 20, 18, and 16. 

The shares of the several officers and men of this regiment arc accordingly 
as follows : 

Lieutenant Colonel B. D. Pritcliara ' .$10, 000 00 

Captain John C. Hathaway 729 60 

Captain Charles C. Hudson 729 (50 

First Lieutenant Lauren H. Ripley 555 88 

First Lieutenant John A. Palmer 555 88 

First Lieutenant Henry S. Bontell 555 88 

First Lieutenant Herbert A. 13achus 555 88 

Fn'st Lieutenant Silas J. Stauber 555 88 

First Lieutenant Charles W. Fisk 555 88 

First Lieutenant T. H. B. Hazelton 555 88 

Second Jjieutenant Hiram D. Treat 555 88 

Second Lieutenant .Jolm Bennett 555 88 

Second Lieutenant Chaucla RL Biekford 555 86 

Second Lieutenant Lorenzo T. Soutliworth 555 88 

Second Lieutenant Alfred B. I'urinton 555 8S 

Second Lieutenant Leonard C. Remming-ton 555 88 

Second Lieutenant Samuel F. Murphey 555 88 

Adjutant Julian G. Dickinson 066 10 

Ref!;imental Quartermaster Perry J. Davis 660 1 

Regimental Commissary John S. Pogsley i^60 10 

Assistant Surf^eon John A. Grooves, (Dtfth Illinois mounted infantrv) 555 88 

Sergeant Major Fitz E. Stevens 1. 271 00 

Hospital Steward Amos Knight 239 72 

Conunissary Sergeant Harlan P. Dunning 229 30 

First Sergeant Oi-hniel E. Gooding, company A 250 15 

First Sergeant John W. Bradner, company B 250 15 

First Sergeant John H. Shoemaker, company C 250 15 

First Sergeant Edwin Hines, corapanj^ E 250 15 

First Sergeant Stanley L. Nichols, company F 250 15 

First Sergeant Francis Maguire, company G 250 ] 5 

First $ergeant George Hall, company H 250 15 

First Sergeant E. F. Price, company 1 2.50 ] 5 

Fust Sergeant George Davenport, company K 250 J 5 

First Sergeant Wesley D. Pond, company M 250 15 

Sergeant B. Frank Gooding, company A 208 45 

Sergeant Thomas Davis, company A 208 45 

Sergeant George H. Simmons, company A ~08 45 

Sergeant Thomas Riley, c.ompany A 208 45 

Sergeant George Miles, company A '208 45 

Sergeant Rezin Wright, company A ~08 45 

Sergeant Wakeman L. Grant, company B '208 45 

Sergeant Morris Brass, company B 208 45 

Sergeant Abel A. Braley, company B 208 45 

Sergeant Simon Voght, company B 208 45 

Sergeant Aloudo E. Ford, company B 208 45 

Sergeant Charles L. Leathers, company C 208 45 

Sergeant Thomas D. Smead, company C '- 208 45 



14 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

Sergeaut Edward W. Parker, couipaDv D §2U8 45 

Sergeant Robert W. Morris, coinpany'D 208 45 

Sergeant David B. Green, company E 208 45 

Sergeant William F. Babcock, company E 208 45 

Sergeaut George A. BuUard, coni])auy E 208 45 

Sergeant Callioun M. Burcli, company E 208 45 

Sergeant Benjamin S. A'est 208 45 

Sergeaut Jolin C. Correuton, company F 208 45 

Sergeaut Tliomas (iormau, company F 208 45 

Sergeaut Howard A. Dickersou, company, F 208 45 

Sergeaut Jolin C. Nichols, company G 208 45 

Sergeaut Benjauiin F. Archer, company G 208 45 

Sergeant .Jacob N. Trask, company G 208 45 

Sergeant James T. Obrieu, company G 208 45 

Sergeant John Cavanaugh, company G 208 45 

Sergeaut Jeremiah P. Craig, company G 208 45 

Sergeant William H. Palmateer, company G 208 45 

Sergeant Horace B. Warner, company H 208 45 

Sergeant Solomon Wightmau, company H 208 45 

Sergeant Samuel Van Etteu, company H 208 45 

Sergeaut ilartiu Horan, company H 208 45 

Sergeaut Daniel O'Crotty, company H. 208 45 

Sergeant Emery A. Miller, company I 208 45 

Sergeaut Lester P. Bates, company I 208 45 

Sergeant Ansel Adams, company K 208 4.5 

Sergeaut CJeorge }i. Yautiue, company K 208 45 

Serge.iut Audrew Snook, company K 208 45 

Sergeant Joseph Hofmaster, company L 208 45 

Sergeant .John F. Beebe, company L 208 45 

Sergeaut I^evi Tuttle, company L 208 45 

Sergeant (Jurdou N. KeuA-on, company L 208 4b 

Sergeaut James H. Holdsworth, company L 208 45 

Sergeaut Benjamin K. Coif, company L 208 45 

Sergeant Alouzo C. Buruliam, company L 208 45 

Sergeaut Edwin Pearce, comi)auy M 208 45 

Sergeant (Jeorge W. Collins, company M 208 45 

Sergeant IJoland Osgood, company ]\I 208 45 

Sergeaut .James W. Argo, conjpany M 208 45 

Corporal Darwin Dunning, company A 187 61 

Corporal Wm. 1'. Smith, company A 187 61 

Corporal Robert 1^. Ji'eyuolds, company A 187 61 

Corporal layman .J. Russell, company A 187 61 

Corporal \\'illiam Crow, company B 187 61 

Corporal John F. Shurburn, company B 187 61 

Corporal Chester Barber, company B 187 61 

Corporal C. F. Parker, company B 1 87 61 

Corporal Nelson B. Tuttle, company J] 1 87 61 

Corporal A. W. Kenne}', company B 187 61 

Cor])i)ral P.axter 15. Bennett, company ]] 187 61 

Cor[)oral Abram Sebring, comjiauy C 187 G] 

Corjjoral Chark's Binrell, company C 187 61 

Corporal Reuben Palmerton, company C lf^7 61 

Corporal David (,i. Ciu'ry, company C It'T 61 

Corporal (Jeorge M. Muuger, couipany C I'i7 61 

Corporal Jauies Place, couipany D 187 61 

Corj)oral l'>]diraiin Truesdell, company D 187 61 

Corporal W illiam C. Slitf, comjiany E 187 61 

Corporal William II. Crittenden, company E 187 61 

('or]ioial Johu Hiues, company 10 187 61 

CoilKiral Dew itt C. (,'arr, compauy E 187 61 

Coipoial Charles W. Tyler, comjiauy \l .■ 187 61 

Coiporal .lames Peeler, comjiany E 187 61 

(-orporal Dewitt C. Coi>b, company F 187 61 

Cor|)oral Christian Boringer, company F 187 61 

Corpora! Adam Kline, comjiauy F 187 (>1 

Corjiora! William !■'. True, comjiany F 187 61 

Corjioral II. Connur, company F 187 61 

Corporal d'eorge W. N'ansiekie, comjiany G 187 61 

Corjinral .John Ballon, comjiauy G 187 61 

Corj)orul tieorge .Myers, couijiuuy G 187 61 



AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 15 

Cori)orul Lc-anclcr B. Shaw, company G $1 87 (Jl 

Corporal Beuton D. Thurstou, compauy H ]H7 51 

Corporal William McCune, company H ] 87 01 

Corporal Daniel P. Weltou, company H ]i<7 (ii 

Corporal Charles Blackall, coQipauy H 1(57 61 

Corporal Herace Heath, company H ]H7 (j] 

Corporal William H. Conover, company H I S7 (Jj 

Corporal Jerome B. Hath, company I ] S7 (; I 

Corporal Martin V Ponieroy, company 1 1 87 (51 

Corporal Preston W. Brown, compauy 1 187 Gl 

Corporai Leander Van Kleek, company K 187 Gl 

Corporal Robert Dey, coinjiaDy K J87 Gl 

Corporal Josiah R. Lewi.s, company K 1 87 61 

Corporal Alonzo Moe, compauy K 187 61 

Corporal John Morrish, compauy K 188 Gl 

Corporal Charles Cobb, company K J 87 Gl 

Corporal Charles F. Tubali, company L ] 87 Gl 

Corporal Charles C. Marsh, company L 187 Gl 

Cor[)oral W^illiaui Oliver, company L 187 Gl 

Corporal William G. Rowe, company L 187 Gl 

Corporal Henry Shanahau, company M 187 Gl 

Corporal Simeon HufF, company M 1 87 Gl 

Corporal Samuel Wilson, company M 187 Gl 

Corporal Elias M. Eugling, company M 187 61 

Corporal John E. Rankin, couipauy M 187 61 

Farrier Gurley B. Chase, company C 187 61 

Farrier Watson S. Williams, company D l87 Gl 

Farrier Hiraur S. Youngs, compauy D 187 Gl 

Farrier Orlando E. Carpenter, compauy E 187 61 

Farrier Nathaniel Rix, compauy E 187 61 

Farrier John C. Rapp, compauy F 187 Gl 

Private Hiram Austin, compauy A 166 76 

Private William Balou, compauy A 1G6 76 

Private James B. Bojle, couipauy A 166 76 

Privata Dauiel C. Blinu, compauy A 166 76 

Private John Baty, compauy A 166 76 

Private Joseph Corbitt, company A 166 76 

Private Gilbert Coata, compauy A 166 76 

Private James FuUerton, company A ] 66 76 

Private Peter Gallagher, company A 166 76 

Private Timothy Hill, company A 166 76 

Private John L. Harlan, couipauy A ] G'6 76 

Private Casper Knoble, company A 166 76 

Private Josiah B. Moore, compauy A 166 76 

Private Joseph Moore, couipauy A 166 76 

Private Philo Morse, compauy A ' 166 76 

Private Joshua Moe, compauy A 166 76 

Private Charles W. Nichols, couipauy A 166 76 

Private Henry Prevost, company A 166 76 

Private John Rose, company A 1 66 76 

Private Gilbert H. Haigh^ compauy A KiG 76 

Private Thurmon D. Knapp, couipany A 166 76 

Private John W. Ward, compauy A 1 Gli 77 

Private John Sch weigart, company A 1 6G 7t) 

Private George Riuke, compauy A IGtJ 76 

Private Thomas Lenuou, company, A 1 66 76 

Private Wells Sprague, company A 16G 76 

Private Joliu Fleming, couipauy A IGG 76 

I'rivate Augustus Armstrong, compauy B 166 76 

Private Wiliiaui Aiuidou, couipauy B KiG 76 

Private Francis Busha, company B 166 76 

Private Erastus W. Blair, compauy B 166 76 

Private Albert N. Babcock, compauy B 166 76 

Private Franklin A. Crim, compauy B 166 76 

Private Andrew Cleary, (or Clara, ) company B ] 66 76 

Private Stephen Gardner, couipauy B .' 166 76 

Private Willard Hutt'mau, compauy B 166 76 

Private George Jacobs, couipauy B 166 76 

Private Johu Nicholas, company B 166 76 

Private Solomon Powell, company B 166 76 



16 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE TJF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

Private Jacob J. Powell, conipauy B j $ 1 66 76 

Private J.J. Perry, company B 1 66 76 

Private Patrick Rvau, company B 16(5 7(; 

Private Alplieus F. Slieppard, company B 166 76 

Private W. P. Steadman, conijiany B 106 7(5 

Private David B. Skinner, eomjiany B 1(56 76 

Private John Trninbel, company B 1(56 76 

Private William V. Wood, company B IC6 76 

Private Frank Wright, company B 166 76 

Private Peter Williams, company B 166 76 

Pi i vate Enoch Woodbridge, company B 106 76 

Private Joseph ^'\'ilch, company B 106 70 

Private Albert Raymond, company B 106 76 

Private Louis H. Wilcox, company B 1(50 76 

Private Albert B. Bradley, company B 100 70 

Private Jerome Rockwell, company C 1 06 70 

Private Azro Blakslee, company C 106 76 

I'rivate James F. Bu' lard, company C Idii 76 

Private Simeon S. Cooper, company C 166 76 

Private Gilbert H. Darling, company C 166 76 

Private Egbert O. Dickinson, company C 1 06 76 

Privat(^ David Dillon, company C 166 70 

Private Franklin C. Leach, company C 106 76 

Private James H. Lynch, company C 1 (56 76 

Private George N. McCarthy, company C 1 60 76 

Private Benjamin McElroy, company C 106 76 

Private Stephen B. Mnnson, company C 166 76 

Private Henry D. Murry, company C 1 60 76 

Private George B. Reddiker, company C 166 7t5 

Private Thomas Robb, company C 1 66 76 

Private John Rnppert, company C 160 76 

Private Ranslear Riggs, company C 166 76 

Private Benjamin F. Sherman, company C 166 76 

Private George I. Smith, company C 166 76 

Private William J. Smith, company C 166 7(5 

Private Harmon Stephens, company C 16G 76 

Private Ira Stockweil, company C 160 76 

Private Gabriel Swaggart, company C 166 76 

Private Emery WanrJe, company C 16t) 76 

Private Benson B. Withey, company C 16li 70 

Private George Worthey, company C 1 66 76 

Private Jacob Baners, company D 1<)6 76 

Private .John Brown, company D 1 <>6 76 

Private Columbus C. Cole, company D 166 76 

Private Levi H. Hatch, company D ]6('. 76 

Private .Jnhn A. llorrigon. company D J'i6 76 

Private Tliomas Hunter, company D lliti 7li 

Private Horace C. Jenne, companj' D i^^^i 76 

Privatir Elislia Kelley, company D h')i\ 7(i 

Private liiirt Judson, coin])any 1) ^ 16() 76 

Private (Jeorgr H. Mott, company 1) 16(! 7(i 

I'rivate Wm. H. J. Martin, cumpuny 1> 16li 7(5 

Private Banialias A. Mosiur, comiiany D 166 7t) 

Private .Jac-olt Yl. ISuiii, eomiian_\' 1) Kit) 76 

Private Tlieodore Mero, comi)auy D IM 70 

Private William Parker, company D 16(> 76 

I'rivate .lames Putmaii, comi)any D H>() 7() 

I'rivate Franklin Sawyei-, ciim]iany 1) 166 7(5 

Private Henry Siaiilbrd, etiiiipany D lfi(! 70 

Private Da\itl A. Siclcnor, einiipany D Kit) 7ti 

I'rivate Francis E. Thompson, company D liiti 7() 

Private Meiny M. Wisnor, company D lOf! 7(i 

I'rivate Oiiu Wi.swell, company 1) 1<)6 7(> 

Private Zi'l)ede(? Wilenx, cnmpaiiy D li>^'> 76 

J'livate .lames H. C'nHiiis, company D I6ti 71) 

I'rivate .lidiii F. Dart, eomjiany E 161) 76 

I'rivate William .1. I'razer, company E 166 70 

Private .loim 10. Miiiwii, company J'^ 161) 76 

Private .loini (J. Biindle, company E 166 76 

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Private Cornelius Ctinold, company E $166 7G 

Private Oscar Decker, company E 166 76 

Private William F. Driesmau, company E 166 76 

Private (Jeorge F. Dulmaye, company E 166 76 

Private Henry Johnson, company E 166 76 

Private Lncius M. Keyes, company E 166 76 

Private Parmeuas B. Keyes, company E 166 76 

Private Edwin Laray, company E 166 76 

Private I'eier Leg-any, company E 166 76 

Private James Lindsey, company E 166 76 

Private Charles Martin, company E 166 76 

Private James Merrick, company E 166 76 

Private Edwin Besba, company E 166 76 

Private Silas Bullard, company E 166 76 

Private Charles Paddock, company E 166 76 

Private Joseph Rilej-, company E 166 76 

Private IJiissel S. Seaman, company E 166 76 

Private John G. Stevens, company E 166 76 

Private Oscar E. Teti"t, company E 166 76 

Private Robert G. Tripp, company E 166 76 

Private Albert J. Webb, company E 166 76 

Private George Ellis, company E 166 76 

Private Christian Becht, company F 166 76 

Private Henry Brodock, company F 166 76 

Private Joseph Bellinger, company F ' 166 76 

Private Dennis Dresco, company F 168 76 

Private William J. Evans, company F 166 76 

Private George Glazer, company F 166 76 

Private John F. Grossman, company F 166 76 

Private Ira Harrington, jr., company F 166 76 

Private Homer Hazelton, company F 166 76 

Private B. Franklin Nichols, company F 166 76 

Private James Patterson, company F 166 76 

Private Barret Pierson, company F t 1 66 76 

Private George AY. Rabb, company F 166 76 

Private John P. Perkins, company F 166 76 

Private Homer Leach, company Y - 166 76 

Private Lncian B. Smith, company F 166 76 

Private James F. Smith, company F 166 76 

Private James St. John, company F - 166 76 

Private Henry Tricky, company F - 1 66 76 

Private George W. Temple, company F 166 76 

Private AVilliam Wright, company F 166 76 

Private Walter S. Mead, company F 166 76 

Private William Beusneider, (bugler, ) company F 166 76 

Private William Brigham, company G - 166 76 

Private Lewis R. Bridge, company G 166 76 

Private Lawrence E. Carr, company G 166 76 

Private Alexander Cameron, company G 166 76 

Private Stephen Cunning-ham, company G 166 76 

Private David Cunningham, company G 166 76 

Private Xelson Day, company G 166 76 

Private David Dewey, company G 166 76 

Private Freilerick Deventier,- company G 166 76 

Private Robert Furgusou, company G 166 76 

Private Timothy C. Green, company G 166 76 

Private Japhet Godfrey, company G 166 76 

Private Henry Gray, company G 166 76 

Private Charles D. Hughes, company G 'i^^G 76 

Private Michael Leary, company G 166 76 

Private Joseph Odrin, company G 166 76 

Private Joshua Parks, company G 166 76 

Private Gary Reed, comjjany G 166 76 

Private John A. Skinner, company G 166 76 

Private Samuel Underwood, company G 166 76 

Private Daniel Graham, company G 166 76 

Private Lucius 0. Bates, company H 166 76 

Private Henry M. Brown, comjiauy H 166 76 

Private Abel H. Berry, company H 166 76 

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18 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

Private Benjamin Buuip, company H 

Private Milo D. Cooper, company H 

Private Edwin Crout, company H 

Private Francis' J. Corey, company H 

Private Jerome B. Cady, companj' H 

Private William H. Davenport, company H 

Private Charles H. Delany, company H 

Private Noble Douf^lierty, company H 

Private Orin H. Deunin<r, company H 

Private Lawrence Fletcher, company H 

Private Aiij^ustus Graum, company H 

Private David Greer, company H 

Private Leonard Gates, company H 

Private Homer Hill, company H 

Private John W. Holmes, company H 

Private Madison A . Hoose, company H 

Private Patrick Haggarty, company H 

Private Charles Hunt, company H 

Private William S. Hen-ick, company IT 

Private Charles Powell, company H 

Private James P. Reynolds, company H 

Private John Sullivan, company H 

Private Albert Spinks, company H 

Private John Saur, company H 

Private William O. Wilson, company H 

Private Francis Warner, company H 

Private Oscar Thomas, company H 

Private Joseph Cogswell, company H 

Private Luke ^L Thayer, company I 

Private M. L. Brown, company I 

Private George W. Bodwell, company I 

Private William Dill, company I 

Private George W. Dutcher, company I 

Private Charles Flugger, company I 

Private D. E. Krumm, company I 

Private Charles M. Middaugh, company I 

Private Peter JIcKennedy, company I 

Private Hiram H. MX'oliough, con'ipany I 

Private M. R. Pettit, company I ' 

Private 0. J. Bates, company I 

Private Abraham ]51ack, company I 

Private C. Craig, company I 

Private Matthias Esser, company I 

Private H. C. Kenyon, company I 

Private Joseph IL Abbey, company I 

Private John Lam[)hcre, company I 

I'rivate Joseph Laturno, company I 

Private Rol)ert Love, company 1 

Private T. Lee, company I 

Private D. F. McVane, "company I 

Private P. D. Petlit, comjiany I 

Private L. C. Wilbur, company I 

Private Cliarl<-s Fcttcrley, company 1 

Private .lohn T. livers, ((unjiany I 

Private John S. I'xjntii. cduijiaiiy K 

Private George W. Baldwin, company K 

Private Jolm H. Cunningliam, company K 

Private George W. Foster, company K 

Private Tlionias Foley, company K 

Private Willi;im Tilkius, t'ompany K 

I'rivate Abraui II. Fox, company K 

Private John lliggins, company K 

Private Decalor .lacox, company Jv 

Private Joim II. Kclcii, comiiany K 

Private Edwin Mabie, company K 

Private Henry Maione, company K 

Privat«' Sniiih li. Mills, c pany K 

Private Janus II. Norton, comjmny K : 

Private .lolm Nelson, comjiany K 

Private Jacob D. Nfwtii. coniiuuiv K IGti 7(5 



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Private Edwin Potter, compauy K 

Private Rensa'.ear Rawsou, company K 

Private Enoch L. Rhodes, company K 

Private George Somers, company K 

Private Nathaniel Root, company K 

Private Wintield S. Tripp, company K 

Private John S. Torrence, company K 

Private Lncins X. ^Yade, company K 

Private Charles H. Stevens, company K 

Private Timothy Sheppard, company K 

Private Ira D. Brooks, company L 

Private Andrew Bee, company L 

Private Benjamin F. Carpenter, company L. . 

Private Horatio W. Cliti", company Ij 

Private Albert D. Carpenter, company L 

Private Elijah Cnmmins, company L 

Private Henry Chase, company L 

Private Rufus N. Davison, company L 

Private Francis M. Eddy, company L 

Private James M. Flowers, company L 

Private Rodney G. Flower, company L 

Private Stillman W. Green, company L 

Private John Harrington, company L 

Private Otis L. Holton, companj^ L 

Private John C. Kizer, company L 

Private John W. Lindsley, conipany L 

Private Edwin Lowe, company L 

Private John Lowe, company L 

Private William Munn, company L 

Private Alouzo Miller, company L 

Private George Noggle, company L 

Private William Newkirk, company L 

Private J. J. Pennfield, company L 

Private Peter Passenger, company L 

Private Albert B. Payne, company L 

Private -Perry Phelps, company L 

Private James Vv''. Robinson, company L 

Private Henry Smith, company L 

Private Joseph E. Stewarts, company L 

Private Oren Tucker, company L 

Private William West, company L 

Private Alvali C. Fisk, company L 

Private Ferdinand Sebright, company L 

Patrick McGrady, company L 

Private Samuel F. Martin, company L 

Private Daniel Edwards, company L 

Private Judson J, Bailey, company L 

Private Geoi'ge G. King, company L 

Private Wilts H. Williams, company L 

Private AVilliam Farrow, company L 

Private James H. Burns, company L 

Private Robert A. Van Tifflin, company L 

Private Thomas Baldwin, company M 

Private James Newell, (saddler,) companj' M. 

Private Robert Arnold, company M 

Private Andrew Anderson, company M 

Private Ezra Bair, company M '. 

Private Cornelius Basst'ord, company M 

Private Emanuel Beazan, compaii}' M 

Private Simeon Brownell, company M 

Private Samuel Harris, company M 

Private Nathan E. Harrison, company M 

Private Samuel W. Hubbard, company M 

Private Elisha B. Perkins, company M 

Private Eugene il. Seeley, company il 

Private John Vantyle, company M 

Private Walter Smith, company M 



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20 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS 

It may be a niatu-r of remark in regard to this distribution, that the amounts 
awarded to the enlisted men of the regiment are small in proportion to that 
awarded to their commander ; but this, under the rule of division which has 
been followed, is a necessary result of the unusually large number of the men 
of the command Avho left Macon, Georgia, on the expedition. And though this 
distribution presents the extremest test of the advisability of adopting the prize 
lule in all these cases, it cannot, as it is conceived, be determined that there is 
such a disproportion in the amounts indicated as to lead to the conclusion that 
this rule should not be applied to the instance of this special reward. The 
service upon which the regiment was despatched was one of the very highest 
importance, and the difficulties attending it were grave and peculiar. Upon 
Colonel Pritchard rested the entire responsibility of this service; and to his dis- 
cretion alone were necessarily left the most essential details. Bearing the re- 
sponsibility of the expedition, he must mainly be credited with its success, and 
its resiilts. Moreover it is clear, from the entire testimony in regard to this cap- 
ture, that it was Avholly through the indefatigable energy and activity of this 
officer that the capture was effected by his regiment at all ; and that it is through 
his action at this juncture alone that his subordinates — officers and men — become 
entitled to any shares in the reward whatever. 

It is here further to be noted that there have been inserted in the above list a 
few names of claimants (privates) which are not found in the official list filed in 
the department, of the detachment of this regiment which left ]Macon on May 
7. These names have been added because of evidence furnished — which has 
been considered satisfactory — that they were erroneously omitted from the list ; 
and it is barely possible that among the claimants whose claims have been re- 
jected — because not on the list, or otherwise shown to be entitled — there may 
be a very few who may hereafter come forvrard with such testimony from their 
officers or fellow-soldiers as to make it apparent that they too should have been 
returned in the list as accompanying the command. In the event of such testi- 
mony being produced it may remain for the Secretary of AYar to decide whether 
the claimants may properly be pair!, from the contingent fund, the same sums as 
those awarded to their comrades in the same grades. 

It remains but to report, that a careful list has been prepared of all those 
claimants who have been adjudged by the undersigned not to be entitled to re- 
ceive any of the specific rewards or shares therein; as also a father list of the 
attorneys, or legal representatives, to whom powers in due form of law have been 
given by successful claimants, or upon whom, on account of the death of such 
claimants, it has apparently devolved to collect and receive the amounts awarded 
to them in the distribution. These lists are hereto annexed, and are marked 
Exhibits A and B. 

The powers of attorney are believed to be generally in due form of law ; and 
it is advised that payments to the attorneys named therein will ordinarily be 
justified. Where, however — as in a single case noted among the captors of 
Davis, and in several cases noted among the ca[)tors of Booth and Ilerold — a 
party has given powers to two (or more) diff'erent attorneys, whether or not the 
last may contain a revocation of the former powers, as well as where a party 
has liled a formal revocation of his power, without giving a new one, it is re- 
commended that no payment be made, except to The claimant in j)erson. It is also 
recommended that no notice be taken of aHeged assignnu'iits of claims or of any 
advances represented to have been made to claimants. 

In conclusion, it need hardly be remarked that, though a large number of 
claimants are found not to be entitled, under the terms of the offers ])Ut forth b}' 
the government, to a specific compensation, th(> fidelity and zeal by which their 
services in the detection and pursuit of th(? conspirators were characterized are 
perceived to haVe been mo.st conspicuous. 

To thes(.' — some of whom, indeed, performed their part with the utmost effi- 
ciency, though unaware at the time that any reward whatever had been offered 



AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 21 

for the iittaiumeut of the object which they had in view — as well as to sundry 
officers of the army at Washington and elsewhere, who, though engaging untir- 
ingly in the investigation, have interposed no claims to the rewards, the acknowl- 
edgments of the Executive are eminently due. 
Respectfully submitted. 

E. D. TOWNSEND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 
J. HOLT, 

Judge Advocate General. 
Official copy : 

E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G. 

Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secrctarij of^ War. 



REWARDS OFFERED FOR THE ARREST OF JEFFERSON DAVIS AND OTHERS, 

MAY 2, 1865. 

-Bj/ tlic President of tlie United States of America. 

A PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas it appears, from evidence iu the Bureau of Military Justice, that the 
atrocious murder of the late President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted 
assassination of the honorable William H. Seward, Secretary of State, were 
incited, concerted, and procured by and between Jefferson Davis, late of Rich- 
mond, Virginia, and Jacob Thompson, CIdment C. Clay, Beverley Tucker, 
George N. Saunders, William 0. Gleary, and other rebels and traitors against 
the government of the United States, harbored in Canada : 

Now, therefore, to the end that justice may be done, I, Andrew Johnson, 
President of the United States, do offer and promise for the arrest of said 
persons, or either of them, within the limits of the United States, so that they 
can be brought to trial, the following rewards : 

One hundred thousand dollars for the arrest of Jefferson Davis. 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clay. 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of Mis- 
sissippi. 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of George N. Saunders 

Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Beverley Tucker. 

Ten thousand dollars for the arrest of William C. Cleary, late clerk of 
Clement C. Clay. 

The Provost Marshal General of the United States is directed to cause a 
description of said persons, with notice of the above rewards, to be published. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of 
the United States to be affixed. 

Done at the city of Washington, this second day of May, in the year of our 
r ^1 Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the independ- 
'- ■ ' ■-' ence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth. 

ANDREW JOHNSON. 

By the President : 

W. Hunter, Acting Secretary ef State. 



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22 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH A^'D OTHERS. 



EXHIBIT A. 

Claimants a(l judged to he not entitled to rewards tinder the terms of the imh- 

lished offers. 

Oolouel H. H. Wells, for arrest of Siirratt and Mudd, and pursuit and inform- 
ation of Booth and Herold. 

Major James E. O'Beirne, for pursuit and information of Booth. Herold, and 
other conspirators. 

Brevet Major H. W. iSmith and his party, for arrest of Surratt. 

Lieutenant Alexander Lovett, Veteran Eeserve Corps, and lyieutenant "Wil- 
liam Farrell, 16th New York cavalry, for arrest of Mudd, and juirsuit and in- 
formation of Booth and Herold. 

First Lieutenant David D. Dana, 3d ^lassachusetts heavy artillery, for pur- 
suit and information of Booth, Herold, and Mudd. 

S. H. Beckwith, telegraph operator, for information of Booth and Herold. 

George Cottingham, Joshua Lloyd, Simon Gavacan. William Williams, M. 
O'Callaghan, H. T. Bevans, D. A. Harrower, L. De AngeHns, C. Bostwick, C. 
Stowell, Edward McHenry, special officers and detectives under Major J. R. 
O'Beirne, for pursuit and information of Booth, Herold, &;c., and general services. 

S. J. Richardson, Frederick Depro. John X. Waitt, and Charles Merrill, de- 
tectives in employment of Colonel Ingraham, department provost marshal, for 
information and general services 

J. A. W. Clarvoe and J. A. McDevitt, of AVashington Metropolitan Police, 
for information and pursuit of conspirators and general services. 

John S. Young, William G. Elder, George S. Eadford, James J. Kelso, 
Thomas Slowey, and A. B. Newcombe, detectives of New York city, and D. 
P. West and J. Pierson, detectives of Baltimore, for information and general 
services in Maryland, &c., under cfi'ders of Colonel Wells and Major O'Beirne. 

Aquilla E. Allen and W. W. Kirhy, citizens, for information and general 
services. 

John Fletcher and Oswell Swann, citizens, for information of Booth and 
Herold. 

George W. Graham, detective of force of Colonel Baker, for pursuit of Booth, 
&c., in Maryland. 

Lieutenant Colonel J. Nicholson, Captains Keays, Baker, Gail, and Gay- 
lord, Lieutenant McNaughton, Assistant Surgeon Vandersmith, and a large 
number of enlisted }nen of the IGth New York cavalry, or 3d New York pro- 
visional cavalry, for pursuit of Booth and Flerold, and general services. 

J. F. Sharkey and W. Schuyler, deputy L'nited States marshal eastern dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, for services and expenses in searching for Booth. 

Private John McGoff', 3d United States artillery, for capture of Booth. 

James 'W Furgnson, citizen, for information of Booth and Spangler. 

Charles H. Rosch, employe of Colonel Olcott. for information of Spangler. 

Louis J. Weichman and John 'V. Hololian, citizens, for information of the 
Suratts, pursuit of J. H. Surratt, «Scc. 

Mary Ann Griflin, John H. Kimball, and P. Isl. Clark, citizens, for the same 
information of Surratt, Payne, &c. 

AVilliam H. Bell and Alfred Cloughly, citizens, and I'rivate Thomas I'rice, 
■3d ^Massachusetts heavy artillery, for information of Payne. 

Edmund J. Koch, employe of Colonel Olcott, for arrest of I'ayne, &c. 

Captain Solomon 'J'ownsend, 1st Delaware cavalry, for arrest of Atzerodt. 

.John J^ec, detective of ibrce of Major O'BtMrne, for information of Atzerodt 
and other conspirators, and general services. 

Lieutenant .John J. Toffcy. Veteran Re.-erve Corps, Private F. O'Dauiel, 1st 



AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS 23 

Delaware cavalry, and Nathan Page, Brook Stabler, and W. J. Hines, citizens, 
for information of Atzerodt. 

Lientenant AV. M. Rnnkle, 3d Pennsylvania artillery, for services after arrest 
of Atzerodt. 

Provost Marshal James L. McPhail, of Baltimore, for arrest of O'Langhhn 
and Arnold, and information and general services. 

V. Randall and E. CI. Horner, detectives of force of Provost ^Marshal Mc- 
Phail, for arrest of Arnold. 

W. G. Wallis, detective of force of City Marshal Carmichael, of Baltimore, 
and James S. Allison, citizen, for arrest of O'Laughlin. 

Benjamin B. Hough, John G. Barber, Thomas 0. Harter, John A. Love, 
James White, William Parker, Kenneth Cambell, detectives and employes of 
Provost Marshal McPhail, for information and general services. 

Edwin Tuttle, John L. Smith, J. W. Smith, William Smith, AVilliam Mc- 
Phail, M. J. Morgan, William Parker, Joseph Lynch, and J. N. Goldsborongh, 
reported by Provost Marshal McPhail, for information and general services. 

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Harnden, three officers and 14S non-commissioned 
officers and men of first Wisconsin cavalry, for arrest of Davis. 

Privates Isaac S. Bechtel and Henry Thompson, third Ohio veteran cavalry, 
and private Willard J. Witley, forty-sixth New York volunteers, for services 
upon arrest of Davis. 

Official copy : 

E. D. TOWNSEND, 

Assistmif Adjutant General. 



EXHIBIT B. 



POWERS Of ATTORNEY GIVE.X BY CLAIMANTS ADJUDGED TO BE ENTITLED TO 
.SHARES IN THE SEVERAL REWARDS. 

Cajitojs of Booth and He? old. 

Represented by A. G. Riddle, esq., attorney -at-law, Washington : 

Sergeant Andrew Wendell, to E, Yon Woyna tfc Co., Washington. 

Corporal John Walz, to E. Von Woyna &: Co., Washington. 

Corporal Oliver Lompay or Lonkey, to E. Yon Woyna & Co., Washington, 

Corporal Michael Hornsby, to E. You Woyna tk Co., Washington. 

Private Abraham Snay, to E. Yon Woyna & Co., Washington. 

Private John Millington, to E. Yon Woyna & Co., Washington. 

Private John A. Singer, to E. Yon Woyna & Co., Washington. 

Private Carl Steinbugge, to E. Yon Woyna & Co., Washington. 

Private Joseph Zisgen, to E. Yon Woyna & Co., Washington. 

Private Franklin McDaniel, to Sidney Lawrence, Moira, New York. 

Private David Baker, to Albert G. Carver, Plattsburg, New York. 

Note. — Corporals ZimmerandNewgarten, and Privates Myres, Ryan, and Put- 
nam, who had given powers of attorney to E. Yon Woyna & Co., revoked the 
same November 2, 1865, (instruments of revocation on file.) A. G. Riddle, 
esq., attorney of E. Yon Woyna cSc Co., files receipts of these five for advances 
made them by E. Yon Woyna «Sc Co. 

Corporal John Winter, who had given power to E. Yon Woyna & Co. July 
31, gave a subsequent one to Peter Ely, Buffalo, New York, November 30, 1865, 
(both powers on file.) 

Private Frederick Dietz, who had given power to E. Yon Woyna & Co. July 
13, gave a subsequent one to Peter Ely, Buffalo, New York, December 5, 1865, 
(both powers on tile.) 



24 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

Private Lewis Savage, who had given power to E. Von Woyna & Co. July 
31, gave a subsequent one to J, W. DeKraft & Co., Washington, D. C, No- 
vember 17, 1865, (both powers on file.) 

Corporal Michael Uniac has given powers as follows : One to E. Von Woyna 
& Co., July 13 ; three to Johnson & Wilmot, of New York city, (who appear to 
have taken an assignment of his claim and to have made him advances,) dated, 
respectively, September 14, October 16, and December 15 ; and one to Allen 
& Latson, of Washington, D. C, of November 13, 1865, (powers, &c., on file.) 

Corwin, Owen & AVilson, attorneys-at-law, Washington, D. C, state in letter 
of December 13, that they hold the power of Private Emery Parady, but do 
not file the same. 

Capturs of Atzerodt. 

Note. — Sergeant Z. W. Gemmill, who gave power of attorney to A. S. Cox 
& Co., Washington, D. C, dated August 25, has filed a formal revocation of 
the same, dated December 27, 1865.~(Power and instrument of revocation on 
file.) 

Captors of Davis. 

Captain Charles T. Hudson, company E, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

First Lieutenant Lauren H. Ripley, company A, to Brady E. Backus, 
Detroit. 

First Lieutenant Henry S. Boutell, company C, to Brady E. Backus, De- 
troit. 

First Lieutenant Herbert A. Backus, company D, to Brady E. Backus, 
Detroit. 

First Lieutenant Thomas H. B. Hazzleton, company I, to Brady E. Backus, 
Detroit. 

First Lieutenant John S. Pugsley, regimental commissary, to Brady E. 
Backus, Detroit. 

Second Lieutenant John Bennett, company B, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Second Lieutenant L. C. Remington, company K, to Brady E. Backus. 
Detroit. 

First Sergeant Edwin Hines, company E, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

First Sergeant George Davenport, company K, to Brady E. Backus, 
Detroit. 

Sergeant Thomas Davis, company A, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Sergeant Thomas D. Smeed, company C, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Sergeant Benjamin S. Vest, company E, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Sergeant Calhoun M. Burch, company E, to Brarly E. Backus, Detroit. 

Sergeant Daniel Grotty, company H, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Sergeant Emory Miller, company I, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Sergeant Andrew Snook, company Iv, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Sergeant George U. \\Tntin(', company K, to Br.uly E. Backus, Detroit. 

Corporal Lyman J. Russell, company A, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

('orporal Nelson B. Tuttle, company B, to Brady E. Backus, Di'troit. 

Corporal James H. Place, com])any D, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Corporal AVilliam II. C'rittenden, company E, to Brady E. Backus, Detr 



oit, 



Corporal Charles W. Tyler, company E. to Brady E. Backus, ])etroit 
Private I'atrick llaggerty, com])any U, to lirady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Corporal Preston W. Brown, company I, to I'rady E. Backus, Detroit 
Private William Dill, comjiany I, to Brady E. l'>ackus, Detroit. 
Nathaniel Rix, company E, (farrier,) to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private James Fullerton, company A, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private John L. Harlan, company A, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 



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AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 25 

Private John Rose, company A, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private John Trumbell, company B, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Gabriel Swaggart, company C, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Tonias Robb, company C, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Henry D. Murry, company 0, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Barnibas A. Mosher, company D, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Jacob Baurs, company D, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Robert G. Tripp, company E, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private George Ellis, company E, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Selah Cochrane, company E, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private William J. Eraser, company E, (saddler,) to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private William A. Davenport, company H, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private William O. Wilson, company H, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private John Sullivan, company H, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Charles Eluger, company I, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private George W. Bodwell, company I, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Lucius N. Wade, company K, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Rensler Ransom, company K, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private John Nelson, company K, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Smith B. Mills, company K, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Edwin Mabie, company K, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Nathaniel Root, company K, (artificer,) to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Stilman W. Green, company L, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private George L. King, company G, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Cornelius Bassford, company M, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 
Private Nathan E. Harrison, company M, to Brady E. Backus, Detroit. 

Note. — B. E. Backus, esq., also filefs will of Private Andrew Clara, (or Cleary, ) coraiiany 
B, late deceased, but uo evidence of proof or administration of the same. 

Sergeant Abel A. Braley, coropany B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Sergeant Morris Brass, company B, (commissary sergeant,) to Robinson & 
Brooks, Detroit. 

Sergeant George A. Bullard, company E, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Sergeant Solomon Wightman, company H, (commissary sergeant,) to Robin- 
son & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal John E. Sherburne, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal William W. Crow, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal Charles E. Parker, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal Baxter B. Bennett, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal Ephraim Truesdale, company D, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal Dewitt C. Carr, Company E, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal William H. Connover, company H, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Corporal Martin V. Pomeroy, company I, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private Peter Gallagher, company A, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private James B. Boyle, company A, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private Thomas Lcnnon, company A, (blacksmith,) to Robinson & Brooks, 
Detroit. 

Private William V. Wood, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private Albert B. Bradley, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private Jacob J. Powell, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private Solomon Powell, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Deti'oit. 

Private A. N. Babcock, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private William P. Steadman, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private Lewis H. Wilcox, company B, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit. 

Private Burt Judson, company D, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Michigan . 



26 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

Private John A. Hon-igan, company D, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Edwin Besha, company E, to Bobinson &; Brooks, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private Silas Bullard, company E, to Bobinson & Brooks, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private Geo. F. Dalmage, company E, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
gan. 

Private Joseph Riley, company E, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Michigan 

Private John E. Brown, company E, to Robinson & Brooks,. Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Peter Lagary, company E, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private Geo. Glazer, company F, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private James St. John, company F, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Joseph Bellinger, company F, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Robt. Ferguson, company G, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Chas, Powell, company H, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private Jerome B. Cady, company H, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Joseph Laturno, company I, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Private John Lamphere, company I, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, ]\Iich- 
igan. 

Private Henry Malone, company K, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, JLich- 
igan. 

Private Thomas Foley, company K, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, Mich- 
igan. 

Pri\-ate Francis M. Eddy, company L. to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, 
Michigan. 

Private Danl. H. Edwards, company L, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, 
Michigan. 

Private Perrj' Phelps, company L, to Robinson &; Brooks, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private Elislia B. Perkins, company M, to Robinson & Brooks, Detroit, 
Michigan. 

Private Andrew Anderson, company M, to Robinson Sc Brooks, Detroit, 
Michigan. 

Second Lieutenant Chaucla M. Bichford, company E, to C. D. Randall, Cold- 
water, Michigan. 

Second lieutenant Alfred B. Purinton, company T, to C. D. Randall, Cold- 
Avater, jMichigan. 

First Sergeant Elias F. Pierce, company I, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, 
Michigan. 

Sergeant Jacob X. Trask, company G, to C. D. Randall. Coldwater, Mich- 
igan. 

Sergeant Benjamin F. Archer, company G, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, 
Michigan. 

Cor})oral John Ballon, company G, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, ^lichigan. 

Corporal Leander B. Shaw, company G, to C. D. Randall. Ciddwater. Mich- 
igan. 

Private Jra Stockw(ll, company C, to C D. Randall, Coldwater, ^lichigan. 

Private Josej)l» Odrin, company G, to CD. Randall. Coldwater, Michigan 

Private Gary Reed, company G, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, Michigan. 

Private John \. Skinner, company G, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, Mich- 
igan. 

Privafr Clias. Craig, company 1. to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, Michigan. 



A^YARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 27 

Private Wm. Filkins, company K, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, Michigan- 
Private Ezra Bair, company M, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, Michigan. 

Private Lewis R. Bridge, company G, to C. D. Randall, Coldwater, Mich- 
igan. 

Lieutenant Colonel B. D. Pritchard, fourth Michigan cavalry, to Williams 
& Pritchard, Allegan, 3Iichigan. 

First Lieutenant Charles W". Fisk. company H, to Williams & Pritchard, 
Allegan, Michigan. 

Second Lieutenant Samuel F. Murphy, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, 
Allegan, Michigan. 

First Lieutenant J. G. Dickinson, (adjutant,) to Williams & Pritchard, Alle- 
gan, Michigan. 

First Lieutenant Perry J. Davis, (regimental quartermaster,) to Williams & 
Pritchard, Allegan, Michigan. 

Commissary Sergeant Harlan P. Dunniog, to Williams & Pritchard, Alle- 
gan, Michigan. 

Sergeant Chas. L. Leathers, company C, to Williams & Pritchard. Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Sergeant John F. Beebe company L, (commissary sergeant,) to Williams & 
Pritchard, Allegan, Michigan. 

Sergeant Levi Tuttle, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Sergeant Jas. H. Holdsworth, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Alle- 
gan, Michigan. 

Sergeant G. N. Kenyon, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Sergeant A. C. Burnham, company L,to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Sergeant Benj. K. Coif, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Sergeant Joseph Hofraaster, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Corporal George Myers, company G, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Corporal Wm. G. Rowe. company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Corporal Chas. F. Tubah, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, 
]\Iichigan. 

Corporal Charles C. Marsh, company L, to Wiiliaais & Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Corporal Wm. ^l. Oliver, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Gilbert H. Haight, company A, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Private John Harrington, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Alonzo Miller, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Private J. William Linsley, company L, to Williams tSc Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Private Edward Lowe, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Judson J. Bailey, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Private Otis L. Holton, company L, to AVilliams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 



28 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

Private Ferdinand Sebriglit, company L, to Williams & PritcLard. Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Private William West, company L, to Williams & Pritcliard, Allegan, j\Iicli- 
igan. 

Private John C. Keiser, company L. to William* & Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Private Sam'l F. Martin, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Private A. 0. Fisk, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Michigan. 

Private Henry Smith, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, IMich- 
igan. 

Private William Mnnn, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Geo. Noggle, company L, to Williams & Pritchard, Allegan, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Andrew Bee, company L, to Williams &: Pritchard, Allegan, Mich 
igan. 

Private Samuel W. Hubbard, company M, to Williams &: Pritchard, Allegan, 
Michigan. 

Private W. H. Williams, company L, (saddler,) to Williams & Pritchard, 
Allegan, Michigan. 

Sergeant Thomas Riley, company A, to J. Ijowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Sergeant Geo. H. Simmons, company A, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Sergeant Rezin Wright, company A, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Sergeant Alonzo E. Ford, company B, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Sergeant Wm. H. Palmateer, company G, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Wash- 
ington. 

Sergeant James T, O'Brien, company G, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Wash- 
ington. 

Sergeant Lester P. Bates, company I, (commissary sergeant,) to J. LoM'en- 
thal & Co., Washington. 

Sergeant Ansel Adams, company K, (commissary sergeant,) to J. Lowenthal 
& Co., Washington. 

Cor})oral Reuben Palmerton, company C, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Corporal Adam Kline, company F, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Corporal Jerome B. Hatch, company I, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Corporal Robert L. Reynolds, company A, to J. Lowenthal Sc Co., Washington. 

I'rivatc John Fleming, company A, (saddler,) to J. Lowenthal «Sc Co., 
Washington. 

Corporal David i^. Curry, company C, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Private William Parker, company D, to J. Lowentlial iV Co., Washington. 

Private George IL ]\Iott, company D, to J. Lowenthal «\: Co., Washington. 

Private James Lindscy, company E, to J. Lowenthal & Co., Washington. 

Private Luke J\L Thayer, company I, to J. Lowenthal c\: Co., AVashington. 

Private Hiram IL ^[cCullough, company I, to J. Lowenthal <S: Co., Wash- 
ington. 

Sergeant Samuel Van Etten, company H, to Helmick \- Wiini, Washington. 

Serg(.'ant ^Martin Horan, company H, to Hehnick iV Winn, Washington. 

Corporal Horace Heath, com}iany H, to Helmick tJc Winn, Washington. 

Corporal Charles Blackall, company H, to Helmick (.V Winn, Washington. 

Private Benjamin F. Sheiman, company C, to Helmick cV- Winn, Washington. 

Private Orin Wiswell, company 1), tq Helmick & Winn, AVashington. 

Farrier Watson S. AVilliams, company 1), to Helmick cV Winn, Washington. 

Private Homer Hill, company H, to Helmick iV Winn, AVashington. 

Private Oscar Thomas, company II, to Helmick .S: AVinn. AVashington. 

Private Madison A. Hoose, company H. to Helmick &: AVinn, AVashington. 



AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 29 

Private Francis Warner, company H, to Helmick & Winn, Washington. 

Private John Sanr, company H, to Hehnick & Winn, Washington. 

Private Angustus Graun, company H, to Helmick & Winn, Washington. 

Private Jerome Rockwell, company 0, to Herron & Thompson, Paw-Paw, 
Michigan. 

Private George B. Hediker, company C, to Herron & Thompson, Paw-Paw, 
Michigan, 

Private James F. Bnllard, company C, to Herron & Thompson, Paw-Paw, 
Michigan. 

Private David Dillon, company C, to E. A. Thompson, Paw-Paw, Michigan. 

Second Lieutenant L. T. Southworth, company H, to H. N. Sheldon, Has- 
tings, Michigan. 

Corporal Daniel P. Welton, company H, to H. N. Sheldon, Hastings, Michi- 
gan. 

Private Lucius 0. Bates, company H, to H. N. Sheldon, Hastings, Michigan. 

Private James P. Pteynolds, company H, to H. N. Sheldon, Hastings, Michi- 
gan. 

Private John W. Holmes, company H, to H. N. Sheldon, Hastings, Michigan. 

Private Edwin Grout, company H, to H. N. Sheldon, Hastings, Michigan. 

Private A. F. Shepard, company B, to A. E. Cowles, Lansing, Michigan. 

Private Francis E. Thompson, company D, to A. E. Cowles, Lansing, Michi- 
gan 

Private David Greer, company H, to A. E. Cowles, Lansing, Michigan. 

Private Francis J. Corey, company H, to A. E. Cowles, Lansing, Michigan. 

Private Abraham Black, company L to A. E. Cowles, Lansing, Michigan. 

Private Edwin Potter, company K, to A. E. Cowles, Lansing, Michigan. 

Private Jacob D. Newth, company K, to A. E. Cowles, Lansing, Michigan. 

Private Erastus W. Blair, company B, to J. W. de Kratl't & Co., Washington. 

Private Azro Blakslee, company C, to J. W. de Krafft & Co., Washington. 

Private Gilbert H. Darling, company C, to J. W. de Krafft & Co., Washington. 

Private John Higgins, company K, to J. W. de Krafft & Co., Washington. 

Corporal James Peeler, company E, to A. J. Sawyer, Chelsea, Michigan. 

Farrier Orlando E. Carpenter, company E, to A. J. Sawyer, Chelsea, Michigan. 

Private Oscar Decker, company E, to A. J. Sawyer, Chelsea, Michigan. 

Private Albert J. Webb, company E, to A. J. Sawyer, Chelsea, Michigan. 

Corporal Darwin Dunning, company A, to Howard & Welch, Detroit, Michi- 
gan. 

Private Henry M. Winsor, company D, to Howard & Welch, Detroit, Michi- 
gan. 

Private Joseph Cogswell, company H, to Howard & Welch, Detroit, Michi- 
gan. 

Ernest Hines, father of Corporal John Hines, company E, to Howard & 
Welch, Detroit. Michigan, 

Note.— This power is accompanied bj the affidavit of Ernest Hines, that Corporal Hines 
has deceased, unmarried, leaving no widow or child. It is xmderstood to be the general 
practice of the Treasury Department to pay to the father in such cases; but it is recom- 
mended that before payment is made in this case, the applicant be required to show whether 
Corporal Hines left a brother or sister ; and if so, whether by the laws of JNIichigau such 
brother or sister is not entitled to his share of the reward ; and further, either that Corporal 
Hines died intestate, or, if leaving a will, that there is nothing iu such will to prevent such 
payment of his share in the reward as would othenvise be made. 

Corporal George M. Munger, company C, to Charles C. Tuchcr, Washington. 
Corporal Abram Sebring, company C, to Charles C. Tncher, Washington. 
Private Ransellaer Riggs, company C, to Charles C. Tuchcr, Washington. 
Private Charles Martin, company E, to Charles C. Tucher, AVashington. 
Private Benjamin F. Carpenter, company L, to Charles C. Tucher, Wash- 
ington. 



30 AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 

Farrier Hiram S. Youngs, company D, to Lewis & Seely, Vasi?ar, Michigan. 

I'rivate Joshua Parks, company G, to Lewis & Seely, Yassar, Michigan. 

Private Phihj Morse, company A, to Lewis &: Seely, Yassar, Michigan. 

Private B. Franklin Nichols, company F, to J. Ten Eyck, Pontiac. Michigan. 

Private John S. Terrance, company K, to J. Ten Eyck, Pontiac, Michigan. 

Private Charles H. Stephens, company K, to J. Ten Eyck, Pontiac, ^tlichigan. 

Private John H. Cunningham, company K, to W. W. Stickney, Lapeer, 
Michigan. 

Private Winfiekl S. Tripp, company K, to W. "\Y. Stickney, Lapeer, Michigan. 

Private John S. Booth, company K, lo W. W. Stickney, Lapeer, Michigan. 

Corporal \Yilliam McCune, company H, to W. Yan Marter, Washington. 

Private William J. Smith, company C, to W. Yan Marter, Washington. 

Private Horace C. Jenne, company D, to W. A'au Marter, Washington. 

Sergeant Robert W. Morris, company D, to A. G. Xoyes, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private Charles W. Nichols, company A, to A. G. Noyes, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private John G. Brindle, company E, to A. G. Noyes, Detroit, Michigan. 

Private William H. J. Martin, company D, to William F. Bascom, General 
Agent L'uited States Sanitary Commission, Washington, D. C. 

Private Jacob E. Munn, company D, to William F. Bascom, General Agent 
United States Sanitar}- (,'ommission, Washington, D. C. 

Private Gilbert Cota, company A, to Darius Forbes, United States Sanitary 
Commission, Washington. 

Private Levi H. Hatch, company D, to Charles W. Clisbee, Cassopolis, 
Michigan. 

Private Henry Brodock, company F, to Charles W. Clisbee, Cassopolis, 
^lichigan. 

Private Harmon Stephens, company C, to J. G. Murdock, Big Rapids, 
Michigan. 

Private Abram H. Fox, company K, to J. G. Murdock, Big Ra])ids, Michigan. 

First Sergeant AYcsley D. i^nd. company 'M, to Knappen & Burrows, Kala- 
mazoo, Michigan. 

Private Rodney G. Flower, company L, to Knappen & Burrows, Kalamazoo, 
Alichigan. 

Corporal John Murrish, company K, to George R. (iold, Flint, Michigan. 

Private Laurens Fletcher, comjjany H. to George R. Gold, Flint, Michigan. 

Private Peter Williams, company B, to F. G. Russell, Detroit. 

Private David B. Skinner, company B, to F. G. Russell, Detroit. 

Private Russell S. Seaman, company E, to E.G. Rose, Big Rapids. Michigan. 

George Rupjjert, father of I'rivate John Ruppert, company C, to E. O. Rose, 
Big Rapids, Michigan. 

Note. — Tliis power is accomiiauietl by proof tliat Private Kuppcrt bas deceased, uuniar- 
ried, leaviu},' no widow or child. It is iniderstood to be tlie general jnactice of the Treasury 
De]partnient to jiay to the father in .such eases; but it is reeoniniended that before payment is 
made in this ease the ai)i)lieant be required to show whether Private Ruppert left a brother 
or sister; and if so, whetlier by the laws of Michigan such brotlier or sister is not entitled 
to his slmre of tlie reward; and further, either that Private Ruppert died intestate, or, if 
leaving a will, that tliere is nothing in such will to prevent such payment of his share in the 
reward as would otherwise be made. 

Private ^lathia.-* Esser, com|iany I, to George W. Bullis, Manistee, ^Michigan. 

I'rivate Peter McKeiniedy, company I, to George AV. Bullis, Alauistee, Alichigan. 

Private Frederick Daventier, comjiany G, to Eugene Fecht, Detroit. 
Nn'iT.. — Sergeant Simim A'oghl, coniimny B, also gives- a jiower of attorney lo Eugene 
Fecht, but this power only authorizes Fecht to " /iruntciitr tliclrlitiiii.'' It does not authorize 
him to receive any money. 

Corporal Henry Shaiiahan, coiupany M, to A. J. Smith, Cassopolis, Alichigan. 
Gorjioral Siinr'on Hull", company M, tn A. J. Smith. Cassopolis. Michigan. 
Private R ilicii .Arnold, company AI, to A. J, Smitli, (^'assopolis, .Michigan. 



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AWARDS FOR THE CAPTURE OF BOOTH AND OTHERS. 31 

Private John Vantuyle, company M, to A. J. Smitli, Cassopolis, Micliigau. 

Corporal Leander Van Kleek, company K, to William Hemingway, Lapeer, 
Michigan. 

Private Timothy Shepartl, company K, to William Hemingway, Lapeer, 
Michigan. • 

Sergeant David B. Green, company E, to James S. Demey, Pontiac, Michigan. 

Sergeant John Cavanangh, cumpany G, to T. W. Tallmadge, Columhns, Ohio. 

First Sergeant Francis Magnire, company G, to J. T. Stevens, Washington. 

Sergeant Jeremiah P. Craig, company G, to E. S. Smith, Akron, Ohio. 

Corporal William P. Smith, company A, to Joslin & Blodget, Ypsilanti, 
Michigan. 

Corporal William F. True, company F, to F. C. Beaman, Adrian, Michigan. 

Corporal Charles Cobb, company K, to Hnbbel Loomis, Lapeer, Michigan. 

Private George W. Baldwin, company K, to Hubbel Loomis, Lapeer, ]\[ichigan. 

Corporal E. M. En^-ling, company M, to H. B. Denman, Dowagiac, Michigan. 

Private Thomas Baldwin, company M, to H. B. Denman, Dowagiac, Michigan. 

Corporal John E. Rankin, company M, to Peter Ely, Buffalo, New York. 

Private Josiah B. Moore, company A, to Hiram Cole, Decatur, Michigan. 

Private Henry Prevost, company A, to Cavender & Rowse, St. Louis, Mis- 
souri. 

Private John Nicholas, company B, to M. B. Wilcox, Howell, ^[ichigan. 

Private James H. Lynch, company C, to Marsh & Bates, Troy, New York. 

Private Franklin Sawyer, company D, to Barkley tfc Watts, Louisville, Ken- 
tucky. 

Private Oscar E. Tifft, company E, to S. W. Fowler, Jackson, Michigan. 

Private L-a Harrington, jr., company F, to C. J. Dickerson, Hillsdale, Mich- 
igan. 

Private Christian Becht, company F, to M. R. Lyon, St. Joseph, Michigan. 

Private Alexander Cameron, company G, to E. Bamker, Jackson, Michigan. 

Private Japhet Godfrey, company G, to J. H. Fairchild, Niles, Michigan. 

Private John T. Byers, company I, to Striblen &; Simpson, Washington. 

Private James R. Norton, company K, to J. M. Crane, Eaton Rapids, jMichigan. 

Private James H Burns, company L, to Spencer & Morse, Ionia, Michigan. 

Note. — Two powers of attorney, given by First Lieutenant S. J. Stauber, company G, 
are on file, viz: One of December 4, 1865, to B. F. Yocum, of Albia, Iowa; and one of De- 
cember 13, 1866, to Williams & Pritcbard, of Allegan, Michigan ; the latter without clause 
of revocation. 

Official copy : E. D. TOWNSEND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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